More than 400 KW Solar
Power will now be supplying a part of the energy needs of the Ateneo de Zamboanga
University (AdZU).

Solar panels installed in increments starting in 2015 in both the AdZU Salvador
Campus in La Purisima and theKreutz Campusin Tumaga, will provide the solar power
worth almost P40M, making it thebiggest of its kind in Mindanao.

On March
10, 2017, the solar system project will be formally turned over to AdZU by
Orion International, Inc., a renewal energy installations company. Simple
turn-over rites will be held at 3:00 in the afternoon at the Carlos Dominguez
Conference Hall, LRC Building at the Salvador campus in La Purisima, this city.

Expected
to attend the turnover ceremonies are AdZU officials led by AdZU President Fr
Karel San Juan, SJ, Rynor Jamandre, president of OrionGroup/Quantity Solutions
Inc; representatives from project financier Bank of the Philippine Islands
(BPI), government officials, media and members of the academic community.

“The renewable-energy
project is one of the University’s ways of being environment-friendly, by being
less reliant on non-renewable energy sources,” pointed out Fr San Juan. The solar energy system helps the environment by decreasing harmful
greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 410 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide per
year.

The
project is also believed to be not only environment-friendly, but will also
help the university save millions in electricity bills. “The
solar power project will be generating savings of some Php4M annually,” Fr San
Juan stated. The savings will come from reduced electricity costs since AdZU still sources some of its power needs from the
local electric cooperative, and from the high diesel consumption from
generators.

AdZU
entered into contract for the Solar Power Project with Orion in 2015, and
obtained financing from BPI in the same year.